Paris Mch 26. Aransas River, 4 mi. ENE Skidmore, Bee Co., Texas I was not able to get a shot at them. Finally they perched in a clump of trees (elm?) in a swale and I took the least active bird supposing it to be the ? (later proved to be ?) #498 Its mate gave a "scolding" call from the adjacent tree into which it had flown, then moved S rapidly. I heard a song from that direction but did not follow up, rather returning to the car at 9:45.. My impression was that there were more than riverbank timber, waxwings in the liveoaks, something I'll have to work on. As I was skinning in the bunkhouse, I heard song peta peta peta from area to E (shortly after noon). I started to investigate but the singer had moved onto forbidden property N of cattleguard so I abandoned the search. Mch 28. Aransas River, 5 1/2 mi. ENE Skidmore, Bee Co., Texas I walked downstream, leaving the house on the Heard Ranch at 8:45 a m (see journal). I walked along the N bank of the river for about a mile always keeping to the fringe of trees. At 9:40 I started back and walked for some distance. No ?? mouse voices detected prior to about 10:10 when I heard song peta peta and followed it up. Song came from mesquite patch with a few live- oaks N of river and E of tributary creek E of the house (= Spring Creek?). Song ceased before I could locate the bird so I returned to the house at 11:15. At 4:30 I drove 1 mile N and walked through oak- mesquite area for 20 minutes - no calls of ?? mice,